Sensors
Browse our extensive range of sensor modules and breakout boards, covering temperature, distance, motion, touch, liquid level, radar, infrared, and more. Whether you're building with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or your own custom PCB, you'll find the right sensor for your project.
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Octopus Analog UV sensor (GUVA-S12SD)
SKU: EF-EF04093 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus Analog UV sensor (GUVA-S12SD) is the UV electric brick in our Octopus series, the basic design is from the Octopus electric bricks and the setting of its outlook, the PCB fixing hole and the connectors are the...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Octopus Soil Moisture Sensor Brick
SKU: EF-EF04027 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus Soil Moisture Sensor Brick can read the amount of moisture present in the soil surrounding it. It's a low tech sensor, but ideal for monitoring an urban garden, or your pet plant's water level. This is a mu...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Adafruit BMP388 - Precision Barometric Pressure and Altimeter
SKU: AF-3966 | Brand: Adafruit
The BMP388 from Bosch is a high-precision barometric pressure and temperature sensor, offering significantly improved altitude accuracy over the BMP280. With altitude noise as low as 0.1 metres and a relative accuracy...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Incremental Photoelectric Rotary Encoder - 400P/R
SKU: DF-SEN0230 | Brand: DFRobot
This is an industrial incremental photoelectric rotary encoder with aluminum material, metal shell and stainless steel shaft. It generates AB two-phase orthogonal pulse signal though the rotation of the grating dis...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Triple Axis Accelerometer ADXL345
SKU: DF-SEN0032 | Brand: DFRobot
Breakout board for the Analog Device ADXL345. The ADXL345 is a small, thin, low power, 3-axis accelerometer with high resolution (13-bit) measurement at up to ±16 g. Digital output data is formatted as 16-bit twos ...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Gravity: Arduino LPG Gas Sensor (MQ4)
SKU: DF-SEN0129 | Brand: DFRobot
INTRODUCTION This is an Arduino CH4 gas sensor. It uses MQ4 probe which is able to detect nature gas, CH4. It is less sensitivity in detecting alcohol, cooking fumes, and cigarette smok...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
IR (Infrared) Receiver Sensor [TSOP38238]
SKU: AF-157 | Brand: Adafruit
IR sensor tuned to 38KHz, perfect for receiving commands from a TV remote control. Runs at 3V to 5V so it's great for any microcontroller.To use, connect pin 3 (all the way to the right) to 5V power, pin 2 (middle) to...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Reed Switch - Insulated
SKU: SF-COM-10601 | Brand: SparkFun
An insulated reed switch that closes when exposed to a magnetic field and opens when the field is removed. The encapsulated design is more durable than glass reed switches and can be easily populated on a PCB. Key Fe...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Gravity:Digital Line Tracking (Following) Sensor For Arduino
SKU: DF-SEN0017 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a line tracking (following) sensor to guide your robot by telling white from black quickly and accurately. It is commonly used in arduino robot project, and probably is the best line following sens...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
SparkFun Line Sensor Breakout - QRE1113 (Analog)
SKU: SF-ROB-09453 | Brand: SparkFun
This version of the QRE1113 breakout board features an easy-to-use analog output, which will vary depending on the amount of IR light reflected back to the sensor. This tiny board is perfect for line sensing applic...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Gravity: Arduino Analog Flame Sensor
SKU: DF-DFR0076 | Brand: DFRobot
This Gravity analog flame sensor detects fire and infrared light sources in the 760–1,100 nm wavelength range. With a 60° detection angle and analogue output proportional to flame distance, it's widely used in firefig...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Adafruit PiRTC - PCF8523 Real Time Clock for Raspberry Pi
SKU: AF-3386 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit PiRTC is a battery-backed real-time clock that plugs directly onto your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header, letting your Pi keep accurate time even when powered off. Built around the PCF8523 RTC with native Linux...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Fermion: MEMS Hydrogen H2 Gas Detection Sensor (Breakout, 0.1-1000ppm)
SKU: DF-SEN0572 | Brand: DFRobot
The Fermion MEMS H2 Sensor is a compact hydrogen gas detection module using micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology. It provides qualitative measurement of hydrogen concentration from 0.1 to 1000 ppm via an a...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Fermion: MEMS Carbon Monoxide CO Gas Detection Sensor (Breakout, 5-5000ppm)
SKU: DF-SEN0564 | Brand: DFRobot
The Fermion MEMS Carbon Monoxide Sensor uses micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology to detect CO gas concentrations from 5 to 5,000 ppm. Its compact size, low power consumption, short preheat time, and fast ...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
I2C Temperature & Humidity Sensor (Stainless Steel Shell)
SKU: DF-SEN0546 | Brand: DFRobot
This I2C digital temperature & humidity sensor offers high accuracy of ±3.0RH% for humidity and ±0.5°C for temperature and features a user-programmable humidity & temperature alarm function.Its housing is made of 304 ...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Conductive Rubber Sheet / Stretch Sensor- 200mm x 200mm x 0.5mm
SKU: AF-5464 | Brand: Adafruit
This rubber sheet is made of the same carbon-black impregnated rubber material that our conductive rubber cord uses. Traditionally it would be used for EMF shielding, or conductive gaskets - but it's very fun to play ...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Adafruit VL53L4CX Time of Flight Distance Sensor - ~1 to 6000mm
SKU: AF-5425 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit VL53L4CX is the longest-range Time-of-Flight (ToF) distance sensor in ST's VL5 series, measuring from approximately 1 mm up to 6000 mm (6 metres). It uses an invisible laser to precisely time how long lig...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Multi-function Environmental Module - CCS811+BME280
SKU: DF-SEN0335 | Brand: DFRobot
Build up a simple environmental monitor station with this multi-function environment sensor! Based on the combination of CCS811+BME280 chip, this module features high accuracy, I2C interface, and fast Measurement. ...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Adafruit INA260 High or Low Side Voltage, Current, Power Sensor
SKU: AF-4226 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit INA260 is a precision DC power sensor that measures current, voltage, and power on either the high or low side of your circuit. With an integrated 2 mΩ (0.002Ω) 0.1% shunt resistor and 16-bit ADC, it hand...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Analog to Digital Converter - MCP3002
SKU: SF-COM-08636 | Brand: SparkFun
The MCP3002 is a 10-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with a simple SPI interface, available in a breadboard-friendly 8-pin DIP package. Use it to add analog input capability to microcontrollers that lack an ADC, ...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
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